An off-duty US Air Force sergeant who filmed fuel seeping from a passenger jet wing has been credited with saving the lives of some 300 people. picked by ruthstark 3 weeks ago

A mother is horrified as the pram her child is in rolls onto tracks and is hit by a train. Miraculously, the child survived picked by ruthstark 3 weeks ago

By the light of torches, candles or miners lights, haunting scenes centuries old appear to unfold. Mud-caked galleries, abandoned quarry caverns and even chambers containing human bones throw up their secrets. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

A South Carolina teen is facing felony charges after police in Florida said he threw a “deadly missile” at a moving vehicle. The deadly missile? A burrito. picked by ruthstark 3 weeks ago

A church in Canton, North Carolina is marking Halloween this year by burning what it calls satanic books. Many of the books on the list are versions of the Bible. picked by ruthstark 3 weeks ago

If it stays up longer than 4 hours...call a doctor. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

An Australian woman, Vicki Lowing, says she divorced her husband after he asked her to give up her pet crocodile, Johnie, which she says is "like a child" to her picked by ruthstark 3 weeks ago

Sort of like the Republican National Convention, but with better makeup. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

"Letters of Note is an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos. Scans/photos where possible. Fakes will be sneered at. Updated 2-3 times every weekday." picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

OCTOBER 13--Happy anniversary, Bill O'Reilly! On this date five years ago, the Fox News Channel host was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit brimming with lurid details. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

Manatees are so annoying! picked by Pazez 4 weeks ago

Kayongo has collected several tons of lightly used soap bars under a plan to melt them down, sterilize them and reshape the soap for shipment to refugees in Uganda to help curb disease. picked by ruthstark 4 weeks ago

A German man mooning at railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks. picked by ruthstark 4 weeks ago

The building of the new Navy warship, the USS New York, has finally been completed and the ship is leaving the Louisiana shipyard for the Big Apple today. The 684 feet long and 105 feet wide ship, constructed by Northrup Grumman, was built with 7.5 tons of steel from WTC wreckage. picked by suebe 4 weeks ago

One bazillion colour photos of all aspects of Nazi Germany in one long post. picked by Mithridates 4 weeks ago

My Theory: Angered Scotsmen drive balls at Nessie who blows raspberries and dives into the depths before anybody can take a picture. picked by Pazez 4 weeks ago

Can be as bad as drugs.

*"Do you have Wi-Fi here?"* picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

How to deal with your parents divorce: Chapter 1 picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

In addition to assorted bad breaks and pleasant surprises, opportunities and insults, life serves up the occasional pink unicorn. The three-dollar bill; the nun with a beard; the sentence, to borrow from the Lewis Carroll poem, that gyres and gimbles in the wabe...Whatever! picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

"This is when I picked up this can of Glade spray and I kept spraying it in his eyes and he grabbed me and threw me down on the hall floor," the woman said. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

So...for this we need a survey? picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

Incredibly, it's NOT from Florida.

Key Quote: "Some examiners would say, 'I'm not even f***ing getting in the car with you'." picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

The remains of super typhoon Melor, which is barreling across the Pacific at high speed today, threaten to bring flooding to some areas of California's Central Valley and mud slides in recently fire-ravaged areas, the National Weather Service reports. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not, according to law enforcement officials and pot growers in the United States and Mexico. picked by bingo 4 weeks ago

Meet the Pigeon Lady, an East Village pigeon fancier who's been stealing pigeons from prized coops for nearly a decade. From drug dealers using pigeons to carry illicit messages to bird wars and the sociopaths who fight them, the Pigeon Lady breaks down the New York City pigeon scene and explains where exactly to find it. Includes video in article. picked by suebe 4 weeks ago